CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

01 Curate claps variety show (11) 09 Unwell, in hock and having little eminence (7) 10 It was in the church’s interest

(5) 11 Lean against and break (4) 12 Bird ablaze with love (8) 14 Sharp reminder (6) 16 Many lights used in the

theatre (6) 18 He takes part in an act of

duplicity (8) 19 A crystal box (4) 22 Ayr is strangely not in

Scotland (5) 23 Misgiving about the foreign

garment (7) 24 Sustains the new supporters

(11)

DOWN

02 They fly the flag for Europeans (5) 03 Makes a sound like all doves and most coots (4) 04 A base from which one must walk a little distance (6) 05 Tiny mule maybe but awkward (8) 06 Many not able to provide a word of opposite meaning (7) 07 One who goes to work on foot (11) 08 Show what discontented groups do (11) 13 What one may pay for purchases from cat shops? (4,4) 15 Ended series having exceeded

time allowed (7) 17 Sadie’s upset by such remarks (6) 20 One in conspiracy to control

the ship (5) 21 Turns up with a mother cat (4)